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flames were so rapidly spread by the wind, that it was impos sible to save the village. In spite of the exertions of the inha bitants, and of those of the neighbouring villages, and the aid of 20 fire-engines, 116 houses, 26 barns, and 102 wine presses, were reduced to ashes. Only 59 houses were insured. FRANKI7ORT, APRIL 5. Her Royal Highness the reigning Duchess of Saxe Meinen gen ‘was happily delivered of a Prince on the 3d inst. Boxisz, APRIL 3. The towns of Elberfeld and Barmen, which have lately be come so Celebrated on account of their enterprising spirit, have lately shewn extraordinary energy and a degree of courage very extraordinary in the present pecuniary distress. In a General Assembly of the principal inhabitants on the 29th of March, it was resolved to double the capital of the German -American mining company to be able to work with more activity and increased advantage to the company the Re villa mines in Mexico, which they have purchased, and which are known to be highly productive: r The subscription for new shares are already very numerous,' and the company will now have a capital of it million of dollars, and be more able than ever tb answer the great expectations which are entertained in Geriaani . tuid in Mexico itself of thii German mining company. The men who direct the operations in Mexico—Messrs. Stein and V. GerOlt, are from 'the school of the chief mine office here, and known to the superiors as men of great ability arid integrity. The latest accounts sent by them to the directors in Elberfeld continue' to be favourable; and as the works-in Mexico employ considerable number of Germans, and, all the tools and apparatus are, sent from Germany, this Company bag themerit of promoting the interest of our own manufactories.--(Frankfurt Paper, April 6.) VIENNA, 4TAII. 1. • To-day, at noon, the Emperor appeared for the first time at the window of his apartment. Ile had scarcely been there a moment, when the people passing by observed him, and broke into 4 general exclamation of joy. , The palace square was fill. ed its M few moments with a 'crowd of people, who were trans. ported with delight .at again •beholding their Sovereign. To morrow the Jubilee will .be opened with thy first solemn pro cession. . , , Metaniques, 88R; Bank Shares, 1,030 4 . s ths.—(4llBaneine Zeitu4, April 6.) Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a meeting of se veral of the Cabinet Ministers took place at Mr. Secretary CAN NI NG'S house, in Downing•street. Among those present were the Earl of liar. rowby, Viscount Melville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Peel, and'Mr. lius. kisson. Sir Charles Long, and a number of other Gentlemen were present 'at the Meeting. They -continued in consultation for.near an hour. Yesterday Prince ESTERIIAZ Y., the Russian Ambassador, transacted business at the Foreign Office. Mr. MEATEi, a King's Messenger, was sent off yesterday from the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, with dispatches for St. Peters. burgh. Mr. MEATus also took dispatches for the Right Honourable INItY ELLESLO.Y, the Bri tish Ambassador at Vienna. A King's Messenger was sent off.on Tuesday evening to Lord GRANVILLE, our Ambassador at Paris, with dispatches from • Mr. Secretary CANNING. Mr. CROTCIf, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office on Tuesday evening, with dispatches from the ilacue. Ilts MAJEsTy is said to have lately made a present of a splendid set of fishing tackle to a gentleman at Paris, a known literary character , and many years a 'distingnished-officer the French service. •It was not on account of any particular political circumstance, belong ing so the society of anglers. FERDINA THE Tru.—Among many other piquant anecdotes of FERDINAND, Whiell appear in the Spanish tale Sandoval or The Freemason, is the following - 44 When FERDINAND returned to Spain, there .came with him a young French beauty, a milliner of Paris, called pc,. "'re, who took the liberty' to form an intimacy with MeceNez (a man who had lived with FERDINAND at Valence'', and who was afterwards his Prime Minister) without consulting her Royal paramour, who having made the discovery untler very peculiar circumstances, not contended With inflicting with his own hands on the offenders a severe horsewhipping, caused her speedily to quit the kingdom, obligingher first to give up every gift which his Royal generosity had lavished on her; and sent .111AEANAZ te, the castle of San Anton, in Corunna, where he remained a long time, till at length he obtained per. mission to live in his native village. Of course, the plausible motive for the Minister's disgrace was the discovery made by the Ring of his practice of selling every public situation within . his department ; b u t t h ose w h o k new that h i s Ma j esty h i msel f made the sale of officei a source of private revenue,. NOR found out the right story, and were not particular in concealing it.— Macanaz afterwards insisted on an investigation of the whole business ; and Ferdinand, aware he was as deeply implicated as himeell, and unwilling that:the whole world should know it, settled a pension on him (which even at this moment he enjoys) to hush the matter up." Accounts from Port.au-Prinee,' Hayti, to the (26th of February, state that the Black Deputies from France had arrived. The A nti.Slavery Petition from Edinburgh was S igned by 17,000; that. from Glasgow by 48,000; and the Dundee Petition measures 63 feet in length, the signatures' being five columns deep. It is related of the first Lord CAERNARVON, in ,the time of Cuattraus,the Second, that he used to call timber « an excrescence of the earth, pro. sided by Gob for the payment of debts." Ttiti Sale 'of the pictures left by . DAVID Will commence on the 17th instant at Paris. A 'dreadful tumult took place at, the Royal School of Chalons, OH the 2(1 fruits ; •the scholars nearly destroyed the School.' WENTWORTH AND CO.'s BANKRUPTCT.---Vire have, naturally, made every inquiry in our power on a subj ec t o f suc h genera l concern, and find : th at in all probability the assignees will not be able to make a dividend under this Commission for at least two months to come. We are happy to hear that the friends of the two leading partners have come forward, to 'treat with the assignees for the purchise of their life interests in their respec. tivo entailed estates. We have , little doubt that these negotiations will prove successful, and a just and equitable compensation be made to the 'creditors of • the firm, without unnecessarily harassing the feelings or trenching.upon the con •veniencies of these two highly respectable indi `..vidualg, and their already afflicted families.— (Leed* Independent.) • Edinburgh. is about to be hoUoured with the visit of an illuArious personage,- , -Cobbett, as he 11elegantly expresses it, i s com i ng " t h roug h th i ck ,1 11-11 kity:' , to.:s ee us . W e won d er if h e w i ll bring Richard Garlile with him, or only one or two of .aine's '"zet 4- .--(Erlinburgh Observer.) THE FUNDS. Yesterday, soon after three o'clock, Mr. I.IAsE read a communication on the Stock Lx change, as to the views of the CHANCELLOR 0 the bxcllEQuaa, regarding the funding of Ex , chequer Bills. The amount suggested as a loan, is.eight lions, to be paid by instalments of . 24th May . 14th July . 22d of August . 17th October . 21st November 20 • . 16th January, 1827. The Stock to bear an interest of 4 per Cent. payable in April and October, commencing on the 10th of October next. Until after 1833 the Stock is to be held irredeeniable. Discount on payments by anticipation, 2d per day. For every 1071. of New Stock, Exchequer Bills will be received at par—but if in money, 1001. 101. is to be paid for 1071., thus giving a bonus of 1- per cent. to the holders of Exchequer Bills. 20 per cent. on the 20 ....—..— . By funding Exchequer Bills in a Stock bearing 4 per cent., at 107, the debt will be increased 8,500,000/. Whether the large amount of Exchequer Bills that will still remain outstnnd. ing, may not require a similar operation in 1827 —seems to be a question on which the well-in formed members of the house are divided in opinion. This morning Consols opened at 80, and from the great demand for Stock by the Bears,. for settling their accounts, went up to 80, both for Money and Account. At one o'clock the quotation was 791 account. Thus far no defaulters have been announced, though some very heavy disclosures were expected. Bank Stock - - - 2013. India Stock - - - - 265. India Bonds - - - 5 6 pm. 3 per Cent. Consols (Money) . Ditto (Account 23d May) 793. New 4 per Cent. - - - Exchequer Bills, £lOOO-9 11 8 pm. X5OO-9 11 pm. £lOO-9 11 pm. FOREIGN. South American Securities are daily sinking in public estimation—declining generally in price. Colombian, 44+ ; Mexican, 61. f ; Peruvian, 14+ ; Chilian, 44 ; Greek, 15 ; Spanish, 91 ; Russian Bonds, 79. SHARES. The transactions in this Market have been so considerable as to merit no remark. r:►s•r Two o'cLocx. Various , reports—unfavourable news !from Petersburgh—a loan for thoj.iitt india Coral. pany—and heavy Sales of Money stork—alk combine against Consuls, which have given war to 744 to a. EAST INDIA DIRECi'ORS. [rftom TIIE 1374E3.1 WP stop the press to announce the.. result of The Ballot at the East India House. The follow ing Gentlemen were the new Candidates for the two vacant seats in the" Direction :—Mr. James Stuart, Mr. M'Kitmon, Major Canine, Mr. Tucker, and Sir Wm. Young. Of these Mr. Stuart, and Mr. Henry St, George Tucker, were the two chosen. The numbers were not declared, till Half-past Six o'clock this morning : James Pattison, Esq. . . 1,738 John Loch, Esq. 1,646 James Stuart, Esq. . 1442 Charles Mills, Esq. . 1,379 John Hebb, Esq. . 1308 Henry St. George Tucker, Esq. . 1 , 0711 Major James Rivett Comae. . 1,064 Charles M'Kinnon, Esq. . . 597 Lieut.-Col. Sir 11 7 m. Young,,Bart.... 616 EAST INDIA House.— Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the thanki of the Court were voted unanimously to CampbeWMarjori. banks, Esq., chairman, and Sir George Abercrombie Robin son, Bart., deputy chairman, for their zeal and attention to the Company's interest during the last year. The following Corn nianders took leave of the Court 'previous to departing tor their respective destinationi—viz., Capt. John B. Sotheby London ; Capt. Wm. Elisha Farrer, Orwell ; Capt. Joseph Stanton, General Harris; Capt. Thomas Blair, William fiairlie ; and Capt. Bryan Broughton, Canning ; for China direct.—The num. bers on the question decided by the ballot at the India House:on Tuesday last, recommending the grant of 5,0001. to Mr. Buck. Ingham, were 157 for the question, and 436 against the question. The MAGISTIt.4.TES of - GLASGOW are speedily redeeming their promise of creating work for the unemployed Operatives. Three hundered ope ratives are engaged a t the quarries, and, notwith standing thesudden transition from sedentary ha bits to such a laborious employment, the men are appa rently cheerful; their hands, however, have suffered severely, and it may be eight or ten days before they be properly prepared for the fa. tigue • in consideration of this they are allowed for the first six days sixpence each, iu addition to what they can make by piece work. Several who have applied themselves earnestly, have earn ed one shilling per day, being half a yard of metal, at the highest paying prices. Besides those who are employed in the quarries, and by several worthy gentlemen in thee neighbourhood, it is expected that the Magistrates will employ about 700 more in other works—so that the dis tress will for some tirhe be greatly alleviated, and those who are toiling at the loom will be in duced to throw up their work till-better prices be obtained. Never in the annals of misery and of Weavin g web given out at'a halfpenny per ell, the weaver to pay the weft winding, till this awful period ; and the` who `ma , nufacturer who gives it, and the p oor wret accepts of it, are equally to be Pitied--(Glasgovo Free Press.) FASItIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Cabinet 3linisters dined with the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer yesterday. The Countess of Avran's card party on Tuesday evening, in Dover-street, was attended by an elegant assemblage of distin. guished fashionable& The Earl of Casselles entertained a distinguished party at dinner, yesterday, at his house in Privy Gardens. Lord Clidind had a dinner party, yesterday, at the Roll's House, Chancery-lane. Earl Fortescue entertained the Directors of the Ancient Music, and a large party at dinner, yesterday, at the house in Grosvenor-square. Dowager Lady Meade entertained a select party of fashion ables yesterday evening, at her house in Albemarle-street. _ _..__.. Lord Gwydyr had a party at dinner, yesterday, at his house in Piccadilly. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. The Right Hon. Sturges Bourne, M. P. arrived yesterday a t his house in South Audley.street, from his seat, Testwood House, Southampton. Lord Molyneux has arrived in town from a tour. J. D. (3 union and family arrived yesterday at their house in Glotteester.place, from their seat, Lefton, Norfolk. The Marquis of Camden arrived in town yesterday, from his scat, the Wilderness, Kent. The Countess of Dysart has arrived in town, from her seat, Hum House, Surrey. Sir Gilbert East, Bart, 11I.P. Isac arrived in town from his Ilall-park, Berks. On Tuesday evening, Prince Leopold and the Duchess of Kent honoured the Italian Opera with their presence. Yesterday the Princess August 4 visited the Duchess of Gioucestcr: --- SPORTING 1 NTRIALIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1826. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12. Sweepstakes of 200 each—colts, 13st. 71b. ; fillies, fist. 31b. R. 14. Duke of Grafton 's Goshawk - - walked over Two paid ft. 31r. Wortley's Reformer rec. ft. from Mr. Udny's Tarandus, 200 h. ft. T.Y.C. The Plate is not yet run for against the field at even. TUESDAY —(Further Particulars.) The Breakfast Stakes of 100 soy. each, h. ft. for colts, Ost. 71b D. 31. rising 3yrs old ; those got by untried stallions, or out of mans which never bred a winner before the lit January, 1824, allowed 31b. if both, Mb. Mr. Wortley's The Dragon, by Cervantes, Bst. 41b. 31r. Rogers's Turban, by Selim,,fk. 41b. Mr. Batson's, by Orville, out of Pranks, fist. . . Lord . Verulatn's, by Abjer, out of Laurel-leaf, Bst. 41b. -• 5t02 on the Dragon-4 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's. • Sweepstakes 0f.200 soy. each, h. ft. colts, list. 71b.; fillies, Oat. alb. R. m Mr. Rogers's c. Monarch, by Cous, out of Corinne Al r. Greville's Rachel, by Whalebone, out of 'sister to Castanca 2 Mr. Hunter's c. by Orvill e , out of Canvas - 3 5 to 2 on Monarch. The Outlands Stakes of 5(1 sov. each, h. ft. and only 10 ft. if • declared, &e.. D. I. • D. of Portland's Ahrtga:e, 3 yrs, 7st. 61b. Ll. Anson's Sligo, 4, yrs, Bst. 101 b. . Mr. Fulwar Craven's h. h. Triumph, 5 yrs, est. 131 b. - The Judge placed but two.-3 to 1 agst Mortgage; 4to agst Sligo; 4 to 1 agst Triumph. IA Anson's Sligo, Bst. rec. ft. from Mr. lismbton's Cedric, Ist. 81b. Last mile and a half of B. C. SOO h.ft. a 1 `` 2 3 4 2 SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE. [FROM ,I.lol'D'S.] DEAL, Part. 12.—Wind S W. to W.N.W.—Arrived, and remain, the Carn-brea Castle, Davy, from Calcutta, sailed the 14-t.of January, and from St. Helena the 21st of February; 'Zeplier, , Demerara; Clarkstouc, Fullerton, and Kingstone, Binney, Jaimdca; /.3ritannia; Boucher, lientbay, ' and Apollo, , front the westward. .'.rhe Clarkstone left .omega Bay the 211th February, when the tollowing vessels were there all well, viz.—Garland Grove, David Lyon, Water lilly, St. Anns, Augustus Ceasar, Briton, Richard ‘Valker, Mersey, Murry, Defiance, and the lirtlkinann. It has blown very hard throughout the day, and several ships have let go their second anchors; hut appear to ride well;--8 p. m., blows hard from W.N.W. I'otrrsatouTu, APRIL 12.—W hid W.N. W.—Arrived the Victoria transport, from Corfu, blowing vety hard shipping all well. PI.V.MOU Tit, APRIL S.S.W.—Arrived the Harmony, %%Ilson, front London. FALAIOUTII, Amur, 11.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the , Concord Robinson, from Newcastle. Ixtrzni , ow:, APRIL 11.—Wind W.—,Arrived the Consti tution, Dewsbury, from Demerara, sailed the 19th February ; Trescott, Bishop, from Charleston ; and Jenge Maria, .Dial. vtira, from Lisbon. , . COWES krnfr. 12.—Arrived the Sir R. B arc l a y, Ni c oll, from St. Domingo in 40 days. The American brig Industry drifted, and got foul of the English Bark Mariner. The In dustry is running for the harbour with no anchors to her bows. The American. brig Ilyperion has just hoisted a signal of dis tress ; the other vessels ride all well. The .Alexander, Newland, from Jamaica to Liverpool, was totally wrecked on Monday night in Carnarvon. Bay ; crew and passengers saved. The Helen, Williams' r, from Sligo to Liverpool, was on ewe near Lytham on Monday night, and full of water. Arrived in - the Downs the Sir C. Forbes, Foulerton, from Bengal ; and the Dublin Packet, -, from Pernambuco. COAL MARKET, APnxl:l2. Adair's, 31s lid—Beaumont, 31s 6d—Dean's Primrose, 308— Ileaton, 34s—Hebburn Main, 348-11olywell, 31s--Old Wal. ker, 31s:-Ord's Itedhugh, 288—Pelaw, 3`2s --Percy East, 298 3d-4'ontop Simpson, ‘l.9s—Shipeote,'2Bs—'farifield Moor, 3 18—Townley, 31slid—Wylam, 31s fid—Walla End llewleke and Co. 3 753d-;;Walls End Brown's, Us—Walls End Green's, 3 Is 9d-11 7 1111s End Nenitreli, 34s—Walls End Northumbsr. land, 32s 6d—Walls End 114 . 1011 N, 365-,Walls End Rusiell'a, 358 3 4—Walls. End Lambton amuil, 17s fltl—Tanliold Trader, 30s 3(1. -tCottiten,.29B—flartley, 31s—Walls End Tees, als tid --:Russell's Lyon's Main, 35 6 __Wa118 End Iletton, 37s 6d Walls End Lyon's, 3.1 s 3cl—Walls End Lambcon, Walls End Stewart's, ris Cd.--L--Ships at market, 361—Ships sold, •301. Yesterday afternoon, as a child were crossing the carriage-waY poor woman anal her opposite the steps of Mr. Brown, the efiYinist, in Duke-street, Manchester-sqpare, they. were knocked d own an d r idden over by a person on ho rse b ac k, having the exter i or o f a ge ntleman, and attended by a groom. - Mr. Brown, a n d a me di ca l gentleman who happen e d to b e i n the shop at the Moment, instantly went out to afford assist aace, and at the same time some persons who were passing when the accident occurred, seized the reins of the horse. The individual whose negligence had been the muse of the mis.' chief then dismounted, and said, " I am a medical man, and I will step in and see what is the matter." ,It will scisrely be credited, that whilst persons were conveying the unfor tunate woman and her infant into Mr. Brown's shop, the fellow whose inhumanity had been the cause of their suf tering, sudd en ly turne d roun d, s p ru n g on his horse, and followed by his groom, was out of sight in a few moments.-- It is not a little remarkable that something similar occurred near Co,: same spot at the beginning of the week. A poor little, child, about five years old, was knocked down and run over by a carriage driving at a rapid rate'. The consequence was, that the' top of the little sufferer's head was scalped, and the skin hung down so as nearly to conceal the face,, while the blood poured from it in torrenti. The mother, on being ap prized of the aecident, and witnessing the condition of . her child, was nearly distracted. - The.peraons in the carriage were a middle-aged and t h ree young ladies. who, it appeared, Were . going to the play, an d wou ld h a ve driven onwards, an d actually urged their coachman to do so, without affording th e s li g h test assistance. The bystanders would not stiffer the carrriage to proceed until the name and addressor the ladies had been given. It turned out that they resided in Dorset-square. COVENT.GARDEN THEATRE. WEnEtt.'s new Opera of Oberon was brought out at Covent-garden last night; and, as might have been expected from the fame of Der Frei f chutz, produced an overflow in all parts of the theatre. The dramatic portion of an entertain ment like this stands of course entirely subordi nate to the basiness of the music ; and becomes, indeed, chiefly either valuable or defective, as it does, or does net, afford scope for the powers of the composer. To most of the leading features of the Opera, we alluded yesterday, in our notice of the rehearsal which took place on Tuesday evening ; but its general effect was materially.aided last night by the presence of Miss PATON, who seemed entirely recovered from her slight acci• dent, and sang with even more than her ordinary power. The general beauty of the Oberon music lies more, perhaps, hi a constant variety of striking and scientifically managed passages, than in that simple and definite style of melody which made parts of the Per Frei schutz so popular. To this general arrange ment, however, there are instances of ex ception ; and the battle song by Anal!, in the first act, the chores of fairies in the first scene, the song by Madame Yes-rats in the se cond act, the waltz introducing the Princess in the first, and a quartette hi. (we believe) the second act, by BRAbAtst, ISAAci, Miss PATON, and Madame V, Emus, aye of a character «hick cannot fail to heattractive ;to all dispositions.— The getting up, tind decoration of the piece has been peculiarly expensiVe and splendid. The water scene, with the change of lights, by .Git Eyx, is particularly fortunate ; deed, it is the best managed wof the kind which we recollect to hav e s een exhi bited. The '' Haunt of the Spirits of the Storm," too, in which a mass of rock becomes miraculously peopled with deamons from top to bottom—as u piece of machinery, is novel and effective. In deed, the whole of the scenery, by GRIEVE and Sons, excelled any thing of the kind we ever be. held. The overture, with a variety of the other music, was encored; and the performance did not termivat until a late hour. Mr. 13nanast was in admirable voice, and sustained his d rama tic charac ter of Knight-errant by no means discreditably. M. WEBER, innerson, presided in the orchestra ; and was warmly welcomed by the audience upon his appearance. At the conclusion, being called for he came forward after some time, introduced by Mr. FAWCETT ; but very soon retired, and received with as much modesty as seeming good semis the applause which was bestowed upon him. EDINBURGH UNIVERSIT We understand that the classes in the College, especially the medical classes, have turned out extremely well this year, Though they were pretty full in 18%4. 5, the number of students who have matriculated during the present session exceeds those of the pre. ceding by 40, and as a few enter for the summer classes, the excess altogether will not be much short of 100, and the whole number of students abora two thousand. If to these are added the two hundred and sixty students in the Divinity Classes, the whole number of young men attend. ing-the classes of this University will be nearly two thousand three hundred. There will be three or four thousand summer classes, namely, Modern History by Sir William Hamilton—Nu tura! Ilistory by Mr. Jameson—Botany by Dr. Graham—and, probably, Natural Philosophy by Mr. Leslie. SHOCKINO ACCIDENT.--011 Sulicitly lust tlir eldest 01 Mr. LION LYMAN, Proprietor of the Surrey Theatre, a young gentleman about t en years of age, w ith two playmates, were walking along the Lambeth road, near New Bedlam, when a young Man passing, mounted on a spi. riled horse, dropped his switch, which Master lioneyman good-naturedly stooped to band him, when the vicious animal kicked at him with great force, and struck him on the head. Fortunately he was in some measure protected by a strong new hat, which perhaps alone preserved his life. The hat was cut through, and one of his eyes dreadfully lacerated, lle was immediately car. tied into the shop of Mr. Stephenion, near the Stags, and , the wounds having been dressed, was sent home to his afflicted family. A total loss of sight was at first apprehended, but the fever having abated, Mr. Stephenson is not altogether without a hope that vision may be still pre. I served. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--During the dread ful gale •on the afternoon of Thursday, ,the Gth of April current, a Cellurdyke fishing , boat was lost about six miles to the eastward of the Isle of May, and her whole crew, consisting of eight persons, were unfortunately drowned, excepting one man, who was picked up by another boat, after remaining about an hour in the water. By this calamitous event, four poor widows, and a number of helpless children, totally unprovided for, are left to bewail the loss of their husbands and fathers. Two of the persons who have.suf feted were lately married, and their widows are pregnanL Such as were unmarried wore the support of aged parents, or of younger brothers and siSters.—(Edinburgh Observer.) The Jamaica Courant contains the following: —" George Isaacs, a slave, belonging to W. H. Hall, EN. was yesterday brought before the Sitting Magistrates, and sentenced to 39 lashes in the workhouse, for flying a kite in the town, in breach of the City ordinance." If every kite : flyer in London were liable to be punished with thirty-nine stripes, it might prove a good regulation, but what work there would be ! A person in Glasgow, who has long been sus pected of being employed in the disgusting trade of cat•slaughter, for the sake of their skins, was on Friday lest detected, and his room forcibly entered, when no fewer than thirty cats and owe dog were found. On Wednesday last two partridges, in flying over the town, were so terrified by the noise and illpttle below them, that they alighted in Lothian street, and would not rise again. The tme ran i n to• i t common stair, the other into a shop, and : were both taken without the least resistance.— (Edinburgh Paper.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH—MIN-Day.) ABDUCTION OF MISS TURNER. On the Judges corning into Court, it was an nounced that M r . William {to was in at tendance for their Lordships' decision regardin4 the writ of Habeas Corpus which hid been men. tinned yesterday. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said ? that the Court was very nnwillkg to prnnounce any thing like an opinion on the' eitse, !Art 'uridVr'rill the circumstances it thought : thqt Mr.. ‘vilkofield might he discha rge d from cust9tly,, oti,prkiyiding twoi‘isru. iptfi 7 1( 7 t ircesmiani remained` in c o l a t t pectilig the arrivul of his friends to bail him. ' OLD BAILEY.--(7'1119, aty.) OblV COURT. ' • BefYre the RIECORDER and a Loudon Jury,}. UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN. • John Callaghan was indicted for uttering a shilling, knowing the .same to be false and coon. terfeit. BOLLAND stated the case for the prosecu tion. It appeared that the prisoner had been to several places and tendered bad money,. having base half-crowns in his possession, but may one case oas proceeded upon, which scold auswrr the ends of justice. Ann Percival lives at No. 44, Iloundsilitch. , On Saturday, 10th March, the prisoner came to her shop fur a penny loaf, and tendered s shilling, which witness took and gave him change ; he came back in five minutes for other bread, and tendered liall-a-crown, which witness knew to be bad; this, induced her to look at the shilling she had just took of him, as she had no other in the till. In consequence of her suspicions, • she gave information to Forrester the officer, and detained him and the shilling now produced. Mr. John Compton keeps the Sir John Falstaff; at No. 105, • Iloundsditch. The prisoner was at his house about 12 o'clock, on the litth of March, and asked for a pint of porter and paid for it—he came again about two for a glass of gin, and also paid fo r i t w i t h a s hilli ng. Mrs. Percival Caine in and told what had happened, when witness looked at the shilling, for he had no other in the till, he found it was bad, having marked it previously. Th e p r i soner was taken i nto custody in about half an hour. A Gentleman who lives at Kidderminster, and was at Mr. Compton's when the prisoner was apprehended-11e tried to get away—in the struggle witness discuvesed same money—the psis. Monet put his band into witnesses breeches pocket, witness caused him to dr aw i t out an d in it was a bad half crown, which he dropped in the struggle, the half crown was picked up and given to the officer. John Forrester stated, that he received one shilling from Mrs. Pcrceval, one from Mr. Compton, and !Nan-crown from the last witness; they had all been kept separate evtr since Mr. John Field, an inspector at the Mint, examined the money now produced, and he pronounced it all base and coons terfeit; they were of copper, slightly washed with silver; the slightest friction would destroy them ; they were not worth a farthing. The prisoner made no defence.—Verdict, Guilty.—Sentenee, Imprisonment for one year in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour; and to find sureties, at the expiration, forgeod behaviour, for one year. NEW COURT. (Afore the COMMON SERJEANT and a London Jury. ) Du ItG LA It Y. John Edward Oakieq, alias John Edwards, was indicted capitally for burglariously breaking open and entering the dwelling•house of Mary Charles, widow, and stealing a quantity of linen and wearing apparel &e. The prosecuttix is a laundress living in Cox-court, near Whitecross-street. On the 4th of March she left her room a little before eight o'clock in the evening, and fastened the door. When she returned her room had been entered, anti nearly the whole of her moveable property taken away. Bradford, an 'officer, stated, that about a Yinarterpait eight in the same evening, he met the prisoner with a large bundle, and suspecting all WAY not right, after some inquiry, coneeyed him to the watchhonse. .The prisoner, in Ids defence,: said, he met a man who told him to take the bundle to one Mary Carpenter, in Old. street ; never 'Saw the man b e foie' : he thought it very hard to be , pu. nishel for the acts of another person. Coat MON SERGEANT. said, that the defence was quite common place ; but the Jury would consider what ctedetkee it was entitled to. Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character up' 'to a short time before the alleged robbery. The Jury, without hesitation, ibund the prisoner Guilty._. Death. To an inquiry by the COMMON SERJEANT, the officer said that he had been intinmed that three persons • had becnson. caned in the burglary ; 'hence the expedition which was used, as only a quarter of an • hour elapsed between the proseeutrix leaving home and his meeting. the prisoner. - There were 23 male and 'four female prisetters brought, into Court and discharg e d by p roc l amat i on, the Grand Jury having ignored the bills which had been preferred against thetui A TTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM A the cbross of last week, Thos. Connor- and John Nl‘Dariald, prisoners in the Calton Jail, under 'sentimee.of transportation having learned that they 'Were about to be sent off to the balks, made an attempt to escape. Conner being heard' to express a desire for a nail to hang. his clothes on—which he knew could' not be allowed him—this excited suspicion in the Governor, whO visited the two prisoners about an hour and a half after being locked up for the night, when he found them busy at work with the blade of a breakfast knife, which they must have either got thrown into them by some of the debtors, or from some one coming io under pretence 'of siting the debtors, and with that instrtititent they•had worked completely through the ruble part of the wall to the outer course of stones, and would, in a very short time, have been able to have got out into the yard. They. were pro perly secured. There are at present - about ninety criminal prisoners in the jail:----(Edinbirgia Paper.) NATURAL PHILOSOP —.....— .IIY CLASS.—The following were the questions proposed for the annual ekes prizes given by the Town Council, and which have been this year augmented to 104 tt Suppose at the equator, whose diameter is 7,995 miles, a cannon ball were fired directly upwards with a velocity of 1,120 per second, where would it fall to the ground ?" 2 , 4 4 if A thermometer were formed of a very thin bail of zinc, with a. fine glass stem, and filled with pare water, at wh a t temperature would this li quid appear stationary ? The expansion of water being denoted by ,0000044 n, and the linear expansion of zinc by 000088-14 in centesimal degrees." 3. " A boat is drawn by a force of 15lbs. along a canal atib• rate of one mile an hour ; w hat, then, %uilt be the greatest speed with which a noise would pu ll it, and wh a t th e pace of a horse,set to drags ( man of a horses powe r given in the frolintv,eopeucfohrmbousitas? of is, to by dtdirce,d Memento of Natural Ithilosnil." , I" 11i 4 " . stint ease each of the v:110(10 14 .we l " Iv" ' but. " no one pupil solved all the three, noiirstpriaa was awarded.—(Edinburfa Observer.)